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Australian Climate Council calls for urgent action as records tumble
2016-03-19 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Record hot spells in Australia this month blurred the line between summer and autumn in another sign of rapidly advancing global warming, a Climate Council report says. The first four days of March saw maximum temperatures in much of the country 4C above average and 8C to 12C above average in most of southeastern Australia the report said. Despite summer being over, the New South Wales/Victorian border towns of Echuca and Tocumwal suffered the longest, hottest spell in their recorded history,...
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Climate Action After Paris: Not the Yellow Brick Road
2016-03-04 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: "Follow the yellow brick road". So Dorothy is told in the classic 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. Alas, if the world's economies only had such a clear and singular path to follow subsequent to the recent promising Paris Climate Accord. While the accord has raised hopes that government leaders are serious about reversing climate change, in reality, the path forward is probably more like a vast river with multiple tributaries that merge before powering toward the sea. To significantly reduce our carbon...
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DiCaprio calls for action on climate change in Oscars speech
2016-02-29 08:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Leonardo DiCaprio has won an Academy Award for best actor for his role as a betrayed 19th century frontiersman in The Revenant. The nomination was DiCaprios fifth in an acting capacity but it is the first time he has won an Oscar. The actor used his acceptance speech to warn about the effects of global warming, saying Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take this night for granted
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Trade Rules Trump Climate Action: U.S. Blocks Indias Ambitious Solar Plans
2016-02-26 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: India has been told that it cannot go ahead as planned with its ambitious plan for a huge expansion of its renewable energy sector, because it seeks to provide work for Indian people. The case against India was brought by the U.S. The ruling, by the World Trade Organization, says Indias National Solar Mission--which would create local jobs, while bringing electricity to millions of people--must be changed because it includes a domestic content clause requiring part of the solar cells to be produced...
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The Supreme Courts action threatens vital climate policies
2016-02-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Two unexpected and shocking events last week have left heads swimming about the fate of President Obamas signature initiative on climate change, the Clean Power Plan, which aims to replace many coal-fired power plants the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States with cleaner sources of energy. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on the Clean Power Plan until the litigation against it is finally resolved, suspending implementation of the plan for the foreseeable...
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